The Love Your Neighbour Network is proudly sponsoring the ‘Outflow Tour’ by speaker and author Dave Ping in May 2009.

Dave Ping has written several books, including Irresistible Evangelism, which he co-authored with Doug Pollock and Steve Sjogren. His latest book and church course Outflow has already started making an impact on NZ churches. His basic premise is that we as individuals and churches should be part of a sustainable, everyday ‘outflow’ to our world, rather than a scary, once-a-year ‘outreach’. He is a highly entertaining speaker and he has many stories and practical suggestions that flesh out the biblical basis for this approach.

"All of our Life Groups did Outflow, and it has transformed our church’s effectiveness in witness and discipleship," say pastors Rasik & Lalita Ranchord of the Abundant Life Centre, Wellington.

"Lives have been changed because their relationship with Christ has been taken to a more meaningful level. It has affected our relationships with each other as well. People are talking about their life and witness at a far more honest and transparent level and are bonding more. Our whole focus this year was on making disciples, and this just made it all ‘click’ for us.

"In terms of everyday evangelism, there is a new excitement. People are feeling more relaxed and are sharing Christ in an easier and more natural way. The thing about Outflow is that evangelism becomes a lifestyle, and that is what we always wanted for ourselves and our church – not an event but an outflow of Christ’s life in us. People have suddenly got excited as this inflow/outflow truth has captured them."

Centres to be visited on the Outflow Tour include Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hamilton, Palmerston North, Tauranga and Wellington. For more information and to register please visit www.loveyourneighbour.co.nz/outflow

Howard Webb
Coordinator : Love Your Neighbour Network

"Every community across NZ befriended by a local church"